eve

英 [iːv]

美 [iːv]

n.  (尤指宗教节假日的)前夜，前夕; 傍晚; 黄昏

复数：eves　

CET4考研TEM4

Collins.2 / BNC.5529 / COCA.6991

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指宗教节假日的）前夜，前夕
  the day or evening before an event, especially a religious festival or holiday
  1. Christmas Eve (= 24 December)
     圣诞前夕（12月24日）
  2. a New Year's Eve party (= on 31 December)
     除夕晚会
  3. on the eve of the election
     在选举前夕
• 傍晚；黄昏
  evening

柯林斯词典

• See also:...on the eve of his 27th birthday.Christmas EveNew Year's Eve

英英释义

noun

• the day before
  1. he always arrives on the eve of her departure
• the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
  1. he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
  Synonym:eveningeveneventide
• the period immediately before something
  1. on the eve of the French Revolution

双语例句

• Tramcars ran throughout the night on New Year's Eve.
  有轨电车除夕通宵行驶。
• Eve, squinting at the clock, saw it was just on 7 a.m
  伊夫眯着眼瞥了一下钟，看到差不多是早上7点钟。
• I have attended Community Evening for the New Year's Eve with my family in the recent years.
  近几年，我和我的家人还参加了社区的除夕狂欢晚会。
• I realize it's Christmas eve.
  我在圣诞前夕认识到。
• On the eve of the Revolution, the colonies produced thirty thousand tons of crude iron a year.
  独立战争前夕，北美十三州每年生产3万吨生铁。
• Is that like our New Year's Eve?
  和我们的新年前夜一样吗？
• Eve nodded, almost approvingly. 'Exactly.'
  伊芙几乎赞同地点了点头。“确实如此。”
• The protest comes on the eve of two days of talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, sponsored by the United Nations.
  抗议活动发生在联合国组织的于埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴进行的为期两天的会谈即将开始前。
• On the eve of the poll, campaigning was bitter.
  在投票前夕，竞选活动如火如荼。
• Eve isn't the type to sit around doing nothing
  伊芙不是那种喜欢坐在那里无所事事的人。